Boeing Globemaster III (03-3119)

Thanks for a great photo and good informative comment.

Yes... thanks for sharing this exemplary and superlative photo capture with us!

*F*I*V*E* Stars!!!

BTW, the 172nd AW, based at Allen C. Thompson Field ANG Base and co-located at KJAN, Jackson, MS, swapped their aging Lockheed C-141C Starlifters for the current fleet of C-17A Globemaster III aircraft. Circa 2003 thru 2004, if I recall correctly.

That initial C-17 a/c as delivered, USAF s/n 02-1112, was named "Spirit of the Minutemen". From the unit's fact sheet and history, "C-17A -1112 is also the first Globemaster assigned to the Air National Guard".

Thank you! And cliff731 - thank you for the information. That is great history!

Aaron Kunz - you are welcome and thanks for the kind words!

Love the pic and also when that one comes over my house, looks like it is floating and I could out walk when it comes over. Go Mississippi.

the AF swapped out our Pittsburgh based 911th Air Lift Wing) C-130's for C-17's we're waiting for them now......